James 2:4

New Century Version

What are you doing? You are making some people more important than others, and with evil thoughts you are deciding that one person is better.

Cross References

Job 21:27

“I know very well your thoughts and your plans to wrong me.

Job 34:19

He is not nicer to princes than other people, nor kinder to rich people than poor people, because he made them all with his own hands.

Psalm 109:31

He defends the helpless and saves them from those who accuse them.

Psalm 58:1

Do you rulers really say what is right? Do you judge people fairly?

Psalm 82:2

He says, “How long will you defend evil people? How long will you show greater kindness to the wicked?Selah

Malachi 2:9

“You have not been careful to do what I say, but instead you take sides in court cases. So I have caused you to be hated and disgraced in front of everybody.”

Luke 18:6

The Lord said, “Listen to what the unfair judge said.

John 7:24

Stop judging by the way things look, but judge by what is really right.”

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from God is first of all pure, then peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help those who are troubled and to do good for others. It is always fair and honest.

James 4:11

Brothers and sisters, do not tell evil lies about each other. If you speak against your fellow believers or judge them, you are judging and speaking against the law they follow. And when you are judging the law, you are no longer a follower of the law. You have become a judge.